No ordinary woman : the life of Edith Penrose / Angela Penrose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penrose, Angela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penrose, Edith Tilton.

Economists--Great Britain--Biography.

Economists.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Other Title:

Life of Edith Penrose

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

A biography of one of the most under-rated economists of the 20th century, whose remarkable and eventful life paralleled key events of her time. Edith Penrose's work is now the cornerstone of current thought on business strategy and entrepreneurship.

Contents:

1 California 5

2 'What is there for me to do?' 21

3 The ILO: An introduction to internationalism 41

4 Invitation to Grosvenor Square 57

5 Eisenhower Platz 74

6 Back to the USA 102

7 The Lattimore case 120

8 Australia 141

9 Iraq 153

10 The Theory of the Growth of the Firm 175

11 The School of Oriental and African Studies 189

12 Oil: An industry in trouble 210

13 Fontainebleau 1977-84 232

14 An academic Indian summer 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and index.

ISBN:

9780198753940

0198753942

OCLC:

986614151